A mild cold wave is sweeping several parts of the country but it may abate in some places, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said this morning.

The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.

The government has hiked the retail price of electricity by 5 percent bypassing the public hearing of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.

The government is now hiking the retail price of electricity bypassing the public hearing of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia waterway resumed after a suspension of for nearly five hours due to dense fog.

The temperature in Chuadanga dropped to 6.3 degrees Celsius today, the lowest of the season in Bangladesh.

Dhaka's air has been ranked as the third most polluted city in the world with "very unhealthy" air quality this morning.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route have been suspended since this morning due to poor visibility owing to the dense fog.

The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday.

A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and Jashore and Chuadanga districts and it may continue, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin.

Old vehicle importers yesterday urged Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to gradually phase out from Dhaka vehicles which were over 15 years old for a healthier capital.

The lowest temperature this year has been recorded today at 6.9 degrees Celsius at Tetulia in Panchagarh.

Indonesia was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday off the Tanimbar islands, prompting panicked residents in the area to flee their homes, although a tsunami warning was lifted after three hours and initial reports indicated limited damage.

The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday.

Tetulia of Panchagarh recorded the season's lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 7 degrees Celsius, in 24 hours till this morning as a mild cold wave sweeps parts of the country.

The Forest Department today filed a case against nine people in Moulvibazar after a Facebook post showing them feasting allegedly on 'Balihash', a kind of migratory bird, went viral on social media.

Any increase in the retail tariffs of electricity will drive up the production cost and lead to a further spiral in inflation, worsening the condition of lower-income groups, said presidents of two chambers today.

Jashore and Chuadanga districts recorded the lowest temperature in Bangladesh, at 7.8 degrees Celsius, in 24 hours till this morning as a mild cold wave is sweeping across the country.

A mid cold wave is prevailing in parts of northern India while Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said today.

Environment Minister Shahab Uddin officially declared Bangladesh free from dangerous DDT pesticide today.